The Dragon Master IV: Chapter One

	Misty and I are sitting atop the Goldenrod City Radio Tower, watching the 
sunrise and observing the city coming alive in the morning. The sunrise was 
beautiful, but Misty was even more beautiful. Misty and I had been together 
for three years, and we were both seventeen years of age. I am still the 
Pokemon League Champion, and Misty supports me through every battle, and 
there have been many of those. The year was 2005, and things were going 
perfectly. Misty and I had been sitting there for about two hours, not doing 
anything. I turned my head to look at Misty.
	"Misty, you look so beautiful right now," I told her. She blushed, and 
turned to look at me.
	"You were always good at whispering sweet nothings in my ear," she said. 
"Bob, you are the best guy a girl could ask for." We both leaned in, and we 
kissed. I gathered up the courage for what I was about to do.
	"Misty, I gotta ask you something," I asked her.
	"What's that," she said.
"How would you go about asking someone to marry you," I asked her. She 
looked oddly at that question.
	"Well," she said. "I would go up to him, get down on one knee, and ask 
'Will you marry me?'"
	"Yes, I will," I said, pulling out a small jewel case. I opened the jewel 
case, and inside, there was a ring. The ring had two precious stones on it. 
There was a blue one, which was a sapphire, and a teal one, which was an 
aquamarine.
	"Oh, Bob," she said in awe. "It's beautiful. Oh my God. Bob, of course I'll 
marry you." I took the ring out of the box and carefully placed it on her 
ring finger. We kissed, and then we broke apart.
	"I love you, Misty," I said to my fiancé.
	"I love you, too, Bob," Misty said. We kissed again. "But why didn't you 
just come out to say it?"
	"I wanted you to ask me," I said.
	"Why on earth would you want that to happen," Misty asked.
	"Well, if our marriage ever failed," I said. "Which it won't. It would have 
been your fault because you asked me."
	"You little," Misty started in rage. I just sat there smiling, and she 
smiled too. "You little angel." We kissed again, and continued to watch the 
sunrise. We stayed there all day, until the sunset came upon us. When it was 
time for sunset, we flew to back to Palace of the Elite Four, as everybody 
was most likely wondering where we were.
	When we came into the meeting room for all the Masters, everybody was 
clearly waiting for us to arrive.
	"Where have you two been," Koga demanded of us when we walked in the room. 
"We have been waiting for you two for three hours! We tried to call your 
cell phone, but it said that it was shut off! You should keep your cell 
phone on at all times in case something comes up!" I walked past him, 
ignoring him, with Misty's hand in mine.
	"Everybody, we have an announcement," I said loudly, knowing that Koga was 
extremely angry at the moment. "Misty and I are engaged!" Everybody went 
wild. All of the women ran up to Misty, asking if they could see the ring. 
I, on the other hand, was being bombarded with questions and congratulations 
from the guys.
	"So you're gonna tie the knot," Morty said, clapping me on the back.
	"I always knew this day would come," Brock said, his eyes getting wet from 
him starting to cry.
	"Congratulations," Falkner said, shaking my hand. I looked over at Ash, who 
was standing by the door all alone. He walked out of the door, leaving all 
of the celebrating people. I had an idea of why Ash left, but I still 
couldn't see why he couldn't be happy for Misty and me.
	Later on that evening, Misty and I was sitting in our room, or what used to 
be my room.
	"Why don't you go and get me a hairbrush," my fiancé asked me.
	"Okay," I said, kissing her on the cheek, and I started to walk out of the 
room. "Misty, I love you."
	"I love you more," she said, lying on the bed, waiting for me to return. I 
walked out of the room with a huge smile on my face. I was getting married 
to the woman of my dreams soon! I walked into the bathroom, opened the 
drawer, and grabbed a hairbrush out of it for Misty. After I gave her this, 
I had to find Ash. I needed to talk to him about this. I walked back into 
Misty's and my room, and I was shocked to see what I saw: nothing. There was 
nobody in there, and there was nothing in there. Actually, there was only 
one thing. There was a note lying on the bed. I sprinted over, and picked it 
up. It read:

Bob,
	I have taken Misty. She is perfectly fine, and will remain that way if you 
do anything and everything I say. One mistake, and your fiancé dies. This is 
not some ransom note that wants you to pay so much money to see your love 
again. If you ever want to see her again, come to the Trainer Gym in 
Viridian City tomorrow at noon. If you are followed, she dies. Further 
instructions await you there. Until then,

						The Man in the Black Trench Coat

	"Bob, what's the matter," Duplica asked as she walked in. I turned to look 
at her, and she saw the letter in my hand. Something fell off of it. It must 
have been taped to the back of the letter; the engagement ring. I picked it 
up, created a teal chain that went through it, and put the necklace around 
my neck.
	"What's going on," Brock asked as he also walked in.
	"Bob won't tell me anything," Duplica said, shrugging her shoulders.
	"Bob, what's going on," Brock asked. I simply brushed past them both, 
handing Duplica the letter. Her eyes skimmed over it as fast as possible, 
without letting me get away from her sight.
	"Oh my God," Duplica gasped, one hand over her mouth and one holding the 
letter. "Misty's been kidnapped by a man in a trench coat!"
	"I'm coming," Brock said. He started to follow me, but I stopped and turned 
around.
	"I have to go alone, Brock," I said. "If someone else follows me, he will 
kill her. She is my reason for living right now. If anything happened to 
her..." I started to tear up. Duplica came up behind me, and put her hand on 
my shoulder.
	"Bob, go out and find Misty," Duplica said. "We'll hold down the fort 
here." I turned around to look at her, my eyes silver.
	"Thank you," I said. I called my wings and took off towards Viridian City. 
I had to find Misty. I had to bow to this madman's wishes. I wanted to rip 
him from limb to limb, but he could have accomplices. I couldn't gamble with 
Misty's life.
	I landed in Viridian City at about 3 o'clock in the morning, and walked 
over to the Trainer Gym. There was a letter on the door, identical to the 
one found in my room. It read:

Bob,
	I knew that you would show up early. You were going to try and catch me in 
the act. Not a smart thing to do, as I do have an accomplice. I'll dismiss 
this attempt to save your love. Anyway, here are your next instructions. 
There is a suitcase inside the Gym of Viridian City, the one that you 
assigned to your mother, Lorelei. This briefcase is very important to me. Go 
inside and take it. Bring it to me on top of the Lavender Town Radio Tower. 
Do not look in it, or your soon-to-be-wife will die. I will be waiting for 
you there with your fiancé. Until then,

						The Man in the Black Trench Coat

	I punched the door down. I was so angry with him. I suddenly felt like I 
was being watched. I quickly ran towards my mother's Gym. She lived in 
there, so I pounded on the door, waiting to come in. Lorelei came to the 
door and opened it.
	"What's the matter, son," my mother said when she saw me.
	"Did you receive a briefcase today," I asked in a hurry.
	"Yes," she said, wondering what was going on.
	"I need it," I said.
	"Why do you need it," Lorelei asked me.
	"It's very important," I persisted. "It's a matter of life or death. 
Please, Mom." She looked like she was thinking.
	"Fine," she said. She pulled out a briefcase from out behind the door and 
handed it to me.
	"Thank you so much, Mom," I said, kissing my mother on the cheek and flying 
off towards Lavender Town.
	I landed on top of the Lavender Town Radio Tower about an hour later. And 
there he was, standing on top of the tower about twenty feet separating the 
both of us.
	"You came," said an unnaturally familiar voice. I should know who it was, 
but I didn't.
	"Where's Misty," I ordered.
	"Where's the briefcase," he retaliated.
	"Right here," I said, holding the case.
	"Slide it over here," the man said.
	"What makes me so sure that you'll give me Misty once I give you the case," 
I asked of him.
	"I'll give her to you once I find out what's in the briefcase," the man in 
the black trench coat said. "You have no guarantee. Except that I won't kill 
her just because what I want isn't in there. But if you don't give it to me, 
then I will kill her." I had no choice. I put the briefcase on its side, and 
kicked it over to him, my hands in the air. He knelt down, and then got back 
up.
	"What's the matter," I asked, my hands still in the air.
	"You see this," the man said, pulling out what looked like a remote. "If 
you try anything funny, I will press this button. Right now, your fiancé is 
directly by 15 pounds of C4. That is enough to destroy Goldenrod City. So if 
I were you, I wouldn't try anything funny." He knelt back down to the 
briefcase. He opened it, and I could tell he was smiling.
	"Is that what you want," I asked.
	"Yes," he said. "It's perfect." He took out a small black package, and 
threw it at me. I saw that there were numbers on it. They were counting 
down! 5...4...3...2...1...BOOM! An explosion knocked me off the building, 
and I was falling uncontrollably...
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